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1 Civil War Erupts Vocabulary
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2 draft a picking of persons for required military service

3 casualty a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed 

4 To move or guide something
Maneuvered To move or guide something Very carefully

5 Border States States between the North and the South - Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland

6 civilian a person not on active duty in the armed services or not on a police or firefighting force 

7 telegraph an electric device or system for sending messages by a code over wires 

8 To try to get someone to agree With your plan or opinion
Persuading To try to get someone to agree With your plan or opinion

9 To try hard and to not give up
Perseverance To try hard and to not give up

10 To believe that certain things Will happen because they are
Destiny To believe that certain things Will happen because they are Meant to be.

11 To meet or run into someone
Encountered To meet or run into someone unexpectedly

12 Something that is extremely
Crucial Something that is extremely important

13 To make a request with a lot of
Appealed To make a request with a lot of feeling

14 A situation that suddenly Becomes very dangerous or Difficult.
Crisis A situation that suddenly Becomes very dangerous or Difficult.

15 strategy a careful plan or method

16 blockade The cutting off of an area by means of troops or warships to stop the coming in or going out of people or supplies 

17 riot  public violence, disturbance, or disorder

18 emancipation to free from someone else's control or power;
especially :to free from slavery 


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